Grip for bow-ties



A. GRASKE.

GRIP FOR BOW TIES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1920- 13431323, Patented June 15,1920.

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GRIP FOR BOW-TIES.

Application filed January 27, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Answer (JiRASKl), acitizen of the United States, residin at Omaha, in the county of Douglasand btate of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Grips for Bow-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bow tie grips of that general type which issewed to the back of the tie and holds the latter in place by grippimthe two front edges of a turn-down collar. Numerous holders or grips forbow ties of this general character have been devised, but so far as myobservation goes, none of them has proved entirely satisfactory andreliable in use. Unless the grip or fastener clamps the edge of thecollar very securely, the tieis apt to slip down and expose the collarbutton and sometimes fall off altogether. Furthermore, where the grip orclamp is made as a continuous piece spanning the space between the frontedges of the collar it does not always conform to the angle of themeeting ends of the collar, and, when applied, produces an objectionablebulging of the front ends and sides of the collar.

With these and other defects of the known bow tie fasteners in mind, Ihave devised the bow tie grip of my present invention, the principalobject of which is to provide a device that shall be free from theabovenamed faults, shall be simple and economical to manufacture, shallhold the tie securely in place on the collar, and will readily conformto the angle of the meeting ends of the collar.

Still other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art as the invention becomes better understood byreference to the following description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing wherein I have shown one practical and approvedembodiment of the invention, and in which Figure 1 is a front elevationof a collar and bow tie, the latter being shown in dotted lines, showingmy improved tie grip applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the grip or fastener as viewed from the backof the tie; and

Fig. 4 is a top edge view of one of the clamps.

Referring to the drawing, 5 designates Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1920.

Serial No. 354,411.

with this class of devices, comprises a pair of oppositely extendingclamps each designated as a whole by A. and a connecting link B. Each ofthese clamps A is cut and pressed to shape from a blank of resilientsheet metal, and comprises a base strip 8, the inner end of which isfolded over to form a hingemember 9, and a narrow tongue ll) that isformed as an integral extension of the hinge-member 9. The base strip 8preferably formed with a longitudinal-slot 11 of slightly greater widththan the tongue 10; and the central portions of the base strip 8 andtongue 10 are bent or bowed toivard each other so that the centralportion of the tongue, when the device is off the collar, normally liesin the slot 11, as indicated in Fig. i. The outer end portions of thestrip and tongue diverge suhiciently to enable the outer end of theclamp to be readily passed over the end of the collar fold 5. In doingthis, the tongue 10 is sprung outwardly, the collar fold passing betweenthe base strip and tongue and being tightly gripped or clamped thereby.This grlppmg or clamping action is much enhanced by providing the slot11 in the base strip 8 in which the central bowed portion of the tongue10 lies in the normal set position of the metal, since the amount ofspread of the clamping members 8 and 10, when the collar fold is forcedbetween them, is greater than where the clamping members merely lie insurface contact, with a consequent increase in the.

strength of the gripping or clamping action.

The two clamps are connected by the hinge link B, the two opposite sides12 of which lie within the hinge-members 9 of the clamps,

the other two sides 18 of the hinge link be-v ing attached to the crossband 7 of the tie by suitable stitching or otherwise. To provideadequate friction joints in the hinges, small tongues 14 are preferablycut and bent down from the metal of the hinge members 9 into frictionalengagement with the sides 12 of the hinge link B. Holes 15 in the endsof the basestrips 8 facilitate attachment of the lat ter to the back ofthe tie by loops ofthread in an obvious manner.

The manner in which the ,stated objects scribed may manifestly be of theinvention are attained will be readily perceived from the foregoingdescription. The clamping members 8 and 10, constructed as described,secure a sufficiently strong grip on the collar to prevent all danger ofthe tie slipping down and oil the collar by accident; and thefrictionally jointed character of the grip enables it to. readilyconform to the angle at whichthe collar foldso meet,

so thatthere is no tendency on tie part of ;the-gr1p to bulge orotherwise distort the folds of the collar from the positions in whichthey naturally he on the neck ofthc wearer.

.to grip the front edges of a collar, said clamps being hinged togetherat their inner ends. 7 V 1 fill bow tie grip of the character described,comprising a pair of metal clamps adapted to. grip the front edgesot a'collar,

V and aconn'ecting link to which the inner ends of said clamps areflexibly jointed.

A bow tie grip of the character described, comprising a pair otclainps-adapted to grip the front edges of a collar, reach of saidclamps comprising a pair of integral elast1c gripping'members formedwith di- 7 vergent outer ends to facilitate the passage of the clampover the fold of a collar, and

a'con'necting link to which the innerends of' -S2L1Cl clamps arefiexlbly ointed.

4 A bow tie grip of the character described, comprising a pair of clampsadapted to grip the front edges of a collar, each of said clampscomprising a base strip adapted to be attached to the back of the tieand an integral elastic tongue folded over and lying in front of saidbase strip, said base strip and tongue being formed with di- Vergentouter ends to, facilitate the passage of the clamp over the fold of a.collar, and-a connecting link to which the inner ends of said clampsareflexibly jointed.

5. A lJOX tie grip of the character .de-

scribed, comprisingiapair of clamps adapted I to grip the front edgesota collar, each of said clamps compr sing a longitudinally slotted basestrip ad: pted i'or at ichment to the back of the tie and an integralnarrow elastic tongue folded over and lying oppositeand partly withinthe slot ofsaidibase strip, said base strip and tongue having divergentouter ends to itacihtatethe passage of the cla rip over the fold of acollar, and a connecting link to which the inner ends of said clamps areflexibly jointed.

G. A bow tie grip 01: the character described, comprising a central linkadapted for attachment to the'hack of the tie, and a.

pair of clamps hinged to the opposite sides of said link, each ofsaidclamps comprising a longitudinally slotted base strip adapted forattachment to the baclr of the "tie and a narrow elastic curred tO J UG,constituting a folded extension of the inner end of said basestrip andlying opposite and partly within the slot of the latter, said base stripand tongue having dwergent'outer ends to facilitate the passage of theclamp over the fold of a collar, and said base strips further havinginwardly bent lugs'frietion ally engaged with the sidesoi said link.

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